Phillips v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the truth of the confession is not fortified by facts “just as consistent with non-commission of the offense as . . . with its commission”
• corroborating evidence “just as consistent with non-commission of the offense as it is with its commission”
• corroborating evidence \just as consistent with non-commission of the offense as it is with its commission\
• reversing convictions where one defendant’s possession of the co-defendant’s car did not sufficiently corroborate a sodomy confession

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Aldridge v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-12-28· cited 78×
• Jackson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-04-17· cited 54×
• United States v. Clifford E. Payne, United States of America v. Roland Payne, United States of America v. Hubert Payne
  Fourth Circuit· 1974-02-08· cited 50×
• Bass v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-01-27· cited 49×
• Jefferson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-06-07· cited 39×
• Caminade v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1986-01-17· cited 16×
• v. Bott
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2019-07-03· cited 5×
• Allen v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2014-01-10
• Marvin Leon Grimm, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-06-18

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Campbell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1953-04-20· cited 51×
• Oliver v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1883-07-19· cited 24×
• Pepoon v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1951-10-08· cited 23×
• Lucas v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1960-03-07· cited 21×
• Wheeler v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1951-09-05· cited 21×
• Cleek v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1935-09-19· cited 10×
• Hamilton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1935-01-17· cited 1×